My Books

Texas Charm by @JeanBrashear ~ Never Forever by @EricGDove

My
friend and colleague, Jean Brashear, is a New York Times
and USA Today bestselling romance author. The newest book
in her much-loved Sweetgrass Springs series, TEXAS CHARM, is now
available. She had quite an experience with this book and I invited
her to here to tell you about it. Take it away, Jean.

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I've
had the most fun adventure! I had a crazy idea and thanks to the
kindness of the very talented narrator of my Texas Heroes
audiobooks, Eric Dove, it's become a reality.

My
newest book, TEXAS CHARM, has a hero who's a country superstar and
who has made cameo appearances in several of my books. Well, it just
so happens that the very talented narrator of my Texas Heroes
audiobooks, Eric Dove, is also a gifted country singer himself. He's
been a songwriter in Nashville and opened for acts such as Jason
Aldean, Sugarland, Little Big Town and Josh Turner.

So
I had this crazy idea: wonder if Eric would consider writing a song
for Walker and would he sing it in the audiobook version of the
story?

TEXAS
CHARM centers around Jeanette Carson,
who has been a fixture as a waitress in Ruby’s Café ever since
high school, and Walker Roundtree, country music’s brightest star,
known by all for his laid-back charm and irresistible appeal to the
opposite sex. Ever since his first visit to Sweetgrass Springs, there
have been verbal fireworks between him and Jeanette as she proved to
be the only woman immune to his charm.

Now
their paths have crossed in the outside world, and they’re seeing
each other in a new light. Fireworks of a very different sort are
sparking the sky—but then Walker’s world is upended by a tragedy,
and the only one who steps in to help him is the very woman who swore
never to put herself at his mercy. For a few days, they have only
each other to rely upon, and these two lonely hearts find refuge in
each other.

But
all too soon, the real world demands its due, and their refuge is no
longer private. The days of dreaming, the nights of yearning and hope
face the harsh light of reality, and the only question is: Whose
heart will be the one to break?

To
my great delight, Eric was intrigued and took on the challenge—and
boy, did he deliver! I wanted the song to reflect the poignancy of
two hearts from opposite worlds drawn together, knowing they cannot
have a future.

The
result is Never Forever, Track 6 on Eric's newest album, All
Kinds of Reckless, available on iTunes, Amazon and CDbaby. When
I wrote the scene in which Walker sings Never Forever to
Jeanette during a concert, I got teary. I'm now every bit as moved
hearing the song that accompanies it. I am deeply grateful to Eric
for giving the yearning of these two hearts such a gorgeous melody,
and I am tickled pink to be able to share it with readers—especially
those who've waited so long for Jeanette to have her story!

Here's the YouTube video trailer for TEXAS CHARM that has a sample of Never Forever as its sound track: